Does the IFA really have farmers’ best interests at heart?

Juggling The Plates in the Air - Farmer's Wife

Some time ago, a man asked me were blogs not dangerous? After all, blogs written by people and published with no editorial restraint could be incendiary devices, and could compel other people to commit all sorts of atrocities. He seemed to see blogs as inherently biased. I had to laugh as every single publication will have a bias. Most editors will be mindful of what big businesses place advertising with them when they write their editorials. And indeed, any visitor [...]

Interview with Leonie Vella, Irish Sheep Farmer

Leonie-with-sheep

I met Leonie on Twitter where we first shared a chat comparing sheep and dairy farming I think. I was intrigued to discover that she didn’t have a farming background and yet, is now farming full-time as a sheep farmer. The journey from city life to spending hours in a lambing shed is an interesting one so I was delighted to interview about her life and times. I hope you enjoy the read too.

1.Hi Leonie, tell me a [...]

Irish Farmers and Irish Water

Irish Water has been in the news quite a lot lately but it’s not that long since water was a very popular topic in rural areas. We don’t have piped water in a couple of the calf sheds and as I’ve been carrying buckets of water to them, I started thinking about how it’s not all that long since farm women had to carry buckets of water to the house every day of the year – water for making tea, [...]